just so y'all know usa trains makes the big boy in large scale, blw makes a brass ac-12 cab forward, mth makes the triplex and lgb makes german 2-10-0T in large scale they each cost more than $2,000! and pople still bought them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, RBMN, but those are for avid train collectors. I highly doubt a parent is going to pay even over 500 dollars just for a large scale train in the Thomas line. I just see large scale as a waste of money (no offense to anyone), because they're so much money and there are other scales with a wider variety to choose from. But, that's just my opinion.